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Eating to Be Sexy
Eating to Be Sexy
That's the subtitle of an irresistible new book that showed up in the RealAge offices a few weeks ago. Called Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too: Eating to Be Sexy, Fit, and Fabulous!, it was written by Melissa Kelly, an admired American chef who inherited her love of cooking from her Italian grandfather, Primo Magnani. (Her flagship restaurant is named Primo.) Unlike many chefs, Kelly has managed to stay slim and vibrantly healthy over the years, thanks to a few rules she cooked up for herself:
Become a food snob. By which Kelly means turn up your nose at junk food, highly processed food, or any mediocre food. "Cultivate your inner food snob. Don't waste time or calories on anything but good food."
Be picky. "Why eat something that doesn't fill you with pleasure? Even if it's healthy -- fish or green beans or apples -- don't eat it if it isn't delicious."
Slow down. Kelly's a new fan of some old advice: "Chew your food. Taste it. If you enjoy every morsel, you'll find you don't eat as much."
Buy the best you can afford. "Paying more for quality food really is an investment in health and pleasure" -- and if it means you get a little less quantity, well, those extra calories won't wind up on your waist!
Don't confuse size and flavor. "Have you ever noticed that the more expensive the restaurant, the smaller the portions? And the cheaper, the bigger?" asks Kelly. Yet nobody leaves a great restaurant starving. But how many times have you heard people moan "I ate too much" as they exit a jumbo-plate restaurant?
Believe the recipe. If it says it serves four, don't split a dish between two people! "Serve yourselves a fourth each and put away the rest before you start eating."
Follow the three-bite rule. "When a luscious treat comes along -- a fresh pastry, a warm batch of cookies made by someone who loves you, a scoop of delicious gelato -- follow this rule. The first three bites of a treat are always the best anyway, so just eat those three and stop. No guilt allowed."
Finally, says Kelly, "If you make food with love and savor it with restraint, you'll truly be living la dolce vita."
Smart woman.
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iam a chocolate addict i cant pass a day without eating chocolate what can i do abt that? Posted by: nano | March 30, 2009 at 01:38 PM
would u plz give me a daily diet for a mounth?
height:176cm
weight:52kilo
main activity:30 mins walking & studying for almost 2 hours a day Posted by: hedieh | November 22, 2008 at 01:31 AM
follow the Japanese tip - eat until you are 80% full. There is a 10-20 minute delay between having enough to eat and actually feeling full - so if you snarf food fast, you have overeaten before you realise it - leading to 'ooh - pain in stomach - I ate too much...!'
If you feel like a second helping - wait 10 minutes - by then you'll probably feel full, and you probably won't feel like more after all.
Changing unhealthy eating habits requires conscious choice the first 7 times before the new healthy habit replaces the old bad habit.
And here's my current hypothesis - fat bodies are associated with poverty (high-fat food is often cheaper), lack of education (knowledge of healthy choices) and stress (body stores fat as protection) - do you want to walk around with that message around your waist advertising that status to the world ? Posted by: David | September 05, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Interested in benefits and dangers if soy and specifically, soy milk. Does it pose risks for breast cancer? Posted by: glorious | March 18, 2008 at 12:31 PM
please advice on foods i can locally(nairobi-kenya)to help me stay longer(am on arv[hiv +])and also to supplement my fertility. Posted by: godfrey omondi | January 28, 2008 at 02:32 AM
Great tips should follow for all for a healthy life Posted by: Benjamin A J | November 26, 2007 at 12:32 AM
Wao, this good , i appreciate this collection . I will put it into use . Posted by: obafemi peter | November 05, 2007 at 09:22 AM
I eat in just this way and enoy great food. I am 59, am 5' 8" tall and weigh 120 pounds without ever watching my weight.
Never waste calories on food that isn't delicious. Posted by: Avis Alexander | June 22, 2007 at 08:40 AM
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